Makian (also Machian) is one of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. It lies to the south of Tidore and to the north of Bacan. The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. ... Tidore is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, just west of the larger island of Halmahera. ... Bacan (formerly Bachian or Bachan, Dutch Batjan) is an island in Indonesia. ...
The island is dominated by the volcanic Mount Kiebesi (1357 metres). A 1760 eruption of the volcano killed about three thousand inhabitants. It erupted in 1890, and was then dormant until July 1988, when a series of eruptions forced the temporary evacuation of the island's entire population, about fifteen thousand people. [1]
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